The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Responding to the question in The Arena, with respect to whether budget cuts are a good deal for taxpayers. 12 April 2011 If the deficit and debt are real problems that can only be addressed by cutting government spending as the Republicans claim than the budget the Republicans agreed to is a joke. It shows …
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Wasting the digital dividend The internet means that many time-consuming forms of white-collar drudgery have disappeared, or at least been offloaded to cheaper people who aren’t you, permitting you to spend more time on things that are actually productive and highly leveraged. No more standing in line at the copier, trudging to the Fedex box, …
Relying on a UN Security Council Resolution, but without asking Congress or the American people, President Obama attacked Libya on 19 Mar 2011. He finally got around to explaining his actions on 28 March 2011 in a nationally televised speech given at the National Defense University. Attached below are two analyses of that speech: Story …
The discussion of corruption–and the urgency of reasserting integrity–permeates this website. Here are a general comment and a few links. General comment: Corruption consists of a lack of integrity, which in turn is not just about dishonesty, but about a failure to achieve transparency, truth, trust, and accurate feedback loops. The cost of corruption, calculated …
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Patrick McConnell: Government of Deceit–A sobering analysis… • The “entitlement programs” have an unfunded liability of greater than $104 trillion. Your share is $367,000. (Every man, woman and child owes the same.) • At the end of 2009, $3.2 trillion of the $12.9 trillion National Debt was spent, but never on the government’s general budget. …
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Nokia & Microsoft: White Space Phone? When Nokia announced that it will drop Symbian for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, many in the industry were taken by surprise. Now, according to industry insiders, the strategy is becoming clear: Nokia will use Microsoft’s patented “white spaces” radio, enabling wireless devices to use television frequencies. The two firms have …
How To Use Technology To Counter Rumors During Crises: Anecdotes from Kyrgyzstan Patrick Meier | March 26, 2011 at 11:47 pm | Tags: rumors, Skype, SMS, validation | Categories: Crowdsourcing, Digital Activism, New Media | URL: http://wp.me/pecFU-1n8 I just completed a short field mission to Kyrgyzstan with UN colleagues and I’m already looking forward to …
